The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:30 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Martin Schuba 717th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:38. The race faded late: the second half went 7:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. 18:15 slower than at Berlin 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:45v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:37v median +0:17
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Block 03 10:49Running 3 5:38v median −0:08
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 5:51v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 6:12v median +0:06
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:11v median +0:15
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Block 07 17:18Running 7 6:19v median +0:23
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Block 08 14:35Running 8 5:23v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 720
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 720 men who finished.